Printing-machine.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

H. T. GOSS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1a, 1905.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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No. 831,058. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

' H. T. GGSS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYIS, 1905.

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ATTORN EYS No. 831,058. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. H. T. GOSS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1905.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULYls, 1905.

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TTORNEYS WITNESSES:

@www *A www No. 831,058I PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

' H. T. G-OSS.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION ILBD JULYls, 1905.

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INVENIOR KW ATTORNEYS PATENTED SEPT. I8, 1906.

H. T. GOSS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1905.

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TRF'ORD,

@naine col Specification of Letters atenf.

in. f" f Patented Sept. 113; 1905.

applies@ ned my is, i905, serai no. 239,599,

-.nown that l vnenn! T. cross, a citi- Um ted States, and a resident of the county of Bergen and blew J rsey, have invented certain i iinoroyements in rintlngl 1 E '22 nini-cn the iolloiving is specilic irc-type in ationary at the i i i -ti and the hammers are moy-soie to g printing-bioivI and especial i c @sin which sheets ci paper as dista l om narronT st are used and in which the sneet of is nicvabie reiativeiy 'to the and printing-hammers, so as to bring any part oi the shee'L upon the printing-line between vthe hammers and the type. v

' it is aise especiaiiy useful in machines in which characters are brought upon 'a printingline representing a single operation, and Where a second set of type are provided for representing and printing the totai of a number ci operations.

My invention has for one of its objects to so arrange the type and hammers and papercarrying mechanism that printing can be effected 'upon any part of the sheet Without interfering with the means for operating either the printing-hammers or the type.

It has also for its object to improve the paper-feed mechanism in such machine and generaily to simplify and improve machines of the character shown and described herein.

i In the drawings accompanying this application and forming part thereof, I have shown a printing and adding machine provided with two sets of type, one representing the characters set up at each operation of the Inachine and the other set adding from the irst set and representing the total, and in which the printing-hammers are arranged in a carriage on top of the machine, but are operated from the main body of the machine. /Vhile my invention is 'particularly useful in connection with such hind of machines, it is .not limited to use with such machines, but

may be used with anyA printing or adding machines adapted therefor.

Referring now to 'the preferre d form of my device shown in the drawings accompanying this specication, 'ignre l is View of the compiete iongitndinai v outside view ci 'i section oit i. till O24.' n.118

a rear vi "7 is a D rection ofthezrrow at 7Eig. is vie'wof it is a portion oi printed ie a detaii o? the carriage-lodi.

` "J improvement is shown in connection with printing and adding machine. The detaiis of this machine are of no importance so ier my present invention is concerned, as any printing or'addingmachine may be used in connection with it for which it is adapted. My improvement is especially adapted for use with a printing or adding machine in which the type are stationery at the time when 'the printing-Diouf is given as distinguished from that class of printing and adding machines in which type are moved to deliver the printing-blow. have shown in generai outline in connection with my improved carriage a machine of the former type. .All the details of this machine are not given7 the machine being represented sun'iciently to give a general idea of honr my improved carriage is combined with such a machine. in the machine shown l l are the lreys, which are arranged, as usual, in a bank provided `with series, each series being of the same denominate value. These keys are oj erated by being depressed in the usual Way and are iocired in down position and the nnoperated keys in up 1position by any suitable device. rChese locking devices are not shown in detail. The keys arereturned to normal position when released by means ot springs 2. The operation ci a key throi'vs down vthe lower 'cart of its shank 3 into the path of a dog 4. The ireys of the series are arranged at difierent points along this path, so that the movement of the' dogis differentiated for different keys, dependent upon their value. The op- In Figs. i and 2 I reg dog at the set position. The movement of the dog and its connecting parts operate seghandle gives a continuous rotary movement .ment 5.

to shaft 8 by one complete revolution of the shaft for each operation of the handle. Fast on this shaft is a lever 9, which has a shoulder 1,0 engaging-with a linger 11 of dog 4. Y Dog 4 is pivotally mounted at 12 on a rock-lever 13, loosely mounted on shaft 8. rPhe dog is normally held with its nose in the position shown in Fig. 2 by spring 14.. When handle 7 is operated, shoulder 10 of lever 9 forces dog4 to rotate tol the right, as viewed in Fig. 2, until the nose of dog' 4 strikes the shank of a depressed key, or if no key has been depressed, strikes a zero-stop 15,' which normally projects into the path of dog `4, but which is removed from the path whenever a key of' a series is operated; The devices for thisl purpose are of no importance so far as -my present invention is concerned, and will not be further described. Rock-lever 13- is connected b r a link 16 with an arm 17 ot seghen dog 4 strikes the Zero-stop or the shank of" a key, it is rotated on. its pivot,

throwing linger 11 out of engagement with shoulder 10. These parts are so arranged that when this happens lever 9, fast on shaft 8, can continue its rotary movement, leaving dog 4 and its connecting rock-lever 13 in the set position. to which they have been moved. They are held in this position by an arm 18, having a turned portion 19`adapted to take into notches 20 in a locking part 21. The segments 5 are thus held in the position to which they have been moved, bringing upon the printing-line underneath a hammer 22 the type representing the value of the key depressed, or if no key has been depressed, the zero-type.

It will of course be understood that there is a segment 5, dog 4, and connecting parts for each series of the bank of keys. A

The segments 5 are loosely 'mounted upon a shaft 23, which is carried by two supporting-arms 24, one at each side of the machine, the latter being mounted upon a rock-shaft 25. This rock-shaft carries an arm 26, provided with a roller 27 engaging with a cam 23 on cam-shaft 29. The cam-shaft 29 is driven in unison with shaft 8 by any suitable right causes segments 5 to rotate to the left,-

as viewed in Fig. v2, as already described, Aand this movement gives a proportionate rotation to gear-Wheels 31. withgears 32 of adding-wheels 33.

Any suitable carryingmechanismmay be provided. A carrying mechanism, shown in general outline but not in full detail, consistsV of a set of gear-wheels 34, provided with a series of pins 35. When each wheel has moved its full complement, one of these pins strikes the nose of 'a rock-lever 36, pivoted at 37, and held by a ,spring 38, inthe position shown in Fig. 2. 39 is a locking-lever for holding it in its set position. The details of this forming no part orn the invention will `not be further described. Mounted on the lower part of rock-lever 36 is a pawl 40 for engaging the lip 41 orn a carrying-rack 42, which is provided with-teeth' at its upper end, asshown. This carrying-rack is mounted so as to have a slight vertical movement on arm 43 fast on The latter meshl shaft 44. y In the operation of the machine by handle y7 this shaft is sli htly rotatedafter the adding operation vto trow the teethA of carrying-rack 42 into engagement with the teeth of gear 34, this taking place after the adding operation is completed, or, in other words, after segments 5have separated from gears 31. Pa'wl 4() has a turned projection 45,'which normally lies to one side of the path of notation of pins 46, mounted spirally on shaft 47. These spiral pins are rotated by means of a handle 7 through devices not shown. Then a .pin 35 strikes rock-shaft 36, it moves turned portions 45 into the path of one of the pins 46. When these pins are moved, the corresponding pin 46will strike IOC this turned part 45 and rockpawl 40. When resetting the various devices in their column positions. I have shown a handle 48, (see Fig. 1,) for this purpose. All of the resetting mechanism connected with it is not shown. l have merely indicated on Fig. 2 an arm 49, carrying a resetting arm 50, having a nose 51, adapted to be moved up into the path of rotation of pins 52 on gear 31, and to move y along that path and strike one of these pins and move gears 31 back to zero position, this movement, ,of course, moving lthe addingwheels 33 toz'ero .positionalso Resettingarm 51 is normally out of the path of pins 52,

but is raised into the path by means of a camslot 53, through which extends a supporting'- bar 54, which runs across the machine.

The segments 5 are heldin a set or printing position Aby means of locking pawls 56, mounted on a shaft 57 Thesepawls are noriro ago

' tion of a machine of any series rocks rockinfr supporting carriage to be accurately adjusted laterally7 enabling the operator to print a column upon the print of paper at any predetermined point.

over an opening 108 in the upper. part of the' casing of the main machine.

109 represents trips for rocking the toelevers and through them for raising the hamtrip 100 slips by toe 107 the hammer is retracted by means of a spring 110 and' caused to deliver a printing-blow. The upper arm 111, connected with each of the toes .107, except the outer-one, is curved, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to clear the other crossover-rods.

112 112 are rebound-springs of ordinary construction for the hammers.

At each operation of the machine by handle 7 the toes 109 are moved forward or to the left, as shown in Fig. 4. These trips are mounted on a sliding su port 113. These supports are free to move ongitudinally on a rocking lever 114, pivotedv at 115. Normally rocking levers 114 are in the position shown in Fig. 4, with supports 113 in their downward osition, so that trips 109 are not high enough to engage toes`107. The operalever 114,' so as to raise the right-hand en and bring' trip 109 high enough to engage its toe 107 i. The means for doing this form no part of the present invention and will not vbe further described. If no key in a series is depressed, trip 109, corresponding to it, remains in its downward position, and while it is moved. forward it does not engage its toe 107 and the hammer is not operated. When the carriage is in the forward position, the numbers-set up by the keys are rinted upon the sheet' of paper successively. t it isdesired to print atotal at any time the operator seizes his ears 104 and pushes the entire carriage as-far backV as it will go. vAs the carriage goes backwardl the roll 80 rides up on cam 116, giving to the :iper-feed mechanism exactly the 'same fee in movement as when rod 79 pushes that ro ler upward. AThis causes the-paper-to be' fed one point, leaving a space between the press comosing a column of figures and the total. he hammers are operated to print the total Immediately the rear of Wheel 1 00 is in'positive lock 103 for the pur` After a hammer has been raised and,

by means of a second and similar set of trips 1 17. There is of course one of these trips for each hammer. are normally in down position, Where they will not engage toes 107, but are set up into operative position by the adding-wheels. In t 1e first movement from zero of any adding- Wheelsetting up its corresponding toe the toes remain in set position until the entire adding mechanism is reset.. Any suitable means maybe provided for setting the toes 117 in setposition or in resetting them. As

These trips, like trips 100,

shown` these trips are pivotally mounted on a rocking lever 118-, pivoted at 110, and are operated by means of' Crossovers 120 and connecting-links 121, connecting to levers 122, which are operated by pins 52 of gear 31. All of these crossovers and their connecting parts are frictionally held.

If it is desired, my improved carriage and connecting parts may be used with a strip 'of paper instead of removable sheets. For this purpose I have shown a wheel 123, supported in brackets 124 in the rear-otl the machine, the paper being threaded through a guidingslot 125, mounted on the housing 67 on the carriage 61. This constructienhas the advantage that'the strip of pa er when not used can always be left threa odin-thema# 'chine and when in use can be cared for under the paper-supportingl carriage and between the feed-rolls. y

` Bymeans of my improvement printingmachines can be used in which the type are stationary at the time of the delivery of the printing-blow and the printing is accom plished by the movement of the. hammers, and yet a relatively wide sheet of papermay be used movable laterally and longitudinally of the type and lprinting-hammers, so that any part of the paper can be brought on the printing-line between the type and the printf ing hammer. By my improvement also printing from two sets of type at any part of.

such a sheet of paper can be eliected. Also the printing can be done either upon such a loose wide sheet4 which can be manually fed into or out of .the machine, or the printingcan be `done upon a narrow strip of paper without unnecessary trouble in adjusting the strip at each o peration.-A By means of my improved device all intertercnce between the sheet in its movements-With or from the operating mechanism operating either the hammers or the type is dispensed with. This isa great advantage, because in machines of the character above described it has heretofore been impossible to use other than a narrow strip et paper because of such interference.

constructed and arranged am combined shown this advantage is obtained.

Many modifications in and many departures from. the particular' forni ol devices shown in thedrawings and specifically de- SLS IOO

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scribed in the specification can of course be made without departing from my invention, the essentials of which are set forth in the claims appended hereto.

lllhat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for one of these parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, means for moving ythe paper relative to the typebearing mechanism and the rinting-hammers, and a paper-receptacle or storing in a small compass that part of the paper in the machine which is not on the printing-line, whereby interference between the paper and the said operating means will'be prevented.

2. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printing-hammers projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, me ans for moving the paper relative to the typebearing mechanism and the printing-hammers, and a paper-receptacle for storing in a J small compass that part of the paper in the machine which is not on the printing-line, whereby interference between the paper and the said operating means will be prevented.

3. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for one of these parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriage adapted to support the paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing mechanism and the printing-hammers, a paper-receptacle for storing in a small compass that part of the paper in the machine which is not on the printing-line, whereby interference between the paper and the said operating means will be prevented.

4. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printing-hammers projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriage adapted to support the paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing mechanism and the printing-hammers, a paper-receptacle for storing in a'small compass that part oi paper in the machine which is not on the printing-line mounted on the carriage and movable therewith, the hammers and paper-receptacle being so constructed and arranged relatively to each other that the movement oi neither is interfered with by the other.

5. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printing-hammers projecting into thev plane oi the paper on the printing-line, a carriego adapted to support the paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing mechanism and the printing-hammers, a paper-receptacle for storing in a vsmall compass that part of the paper in the machine which is not on the printing-line mounted on the carriage and movable therewith, the hammer-arms being shaped so as to pass. around the paper-receptacle so that neither the movement of the carriage nor that of the printing-hammer `is interfered with.

. (i. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for one of these parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriageA adapted to support the 'paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing mechanism and the printing-hammers, a paper-receptacle having a portion ofA a curved shape in cross-section, the hammer-arms being curved to pass around such curved portion of the paper-receptacle, the paper-receptaclel being mopnted on the carriage and moving therewit i.

7. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for o ne of these parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriage adapted to support the paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing mech anism andthe printing-hammers, a hollow .paper-receptacle provided with curved interior walls adapted to wind up the paper in the machine which is not upon the printingline, and curved printing-arms for the printing-hammers embracing the curved walls of the paper-receptacle whereby interference between the paper and the said operating means will be prevented.

8. In a printing-machinethe combination of type-bearing devices arranged in the body of the machine and adapted to be stationary during the printing operation, differential means for bringing upon the printing-line the diiferent characters upon such devices, printing-hammers arranged on top ofthe machine, operating means for operating these ham- 'mers projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriage adapted to support the paper and to move it relatively to the type-bearing devices and the printinghammers, a paper-receptacle mounted on said carriage and movable therewith, and having a portion of its interior walls of curved shape in cross-section, and hammerarms curved in shape to pass around such curved walls of the p iper-receptacle, whereby interference between the paper and the hammeroperating means will be prevented.

9. r'he combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for one of said parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a carriage adapted to support the paper and its feeding mechanism and to move them relatively to the type-bearing mechanism and printinghammers, paper-feeding mechanism mounted on the carriage and movabletherewith, a

paper-receptacle also mounted on the carriage and movable therewith and adaptedto store in a small compass that part oi th'epa-l IOO lper in the machine not on the printing-line, -the hammers and paper-receptacle being so constructed andarranged relatively to each other that the movement of neither is interfered with bythe other.

10. The combinationl of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, operating means for'oiie of said parts projecting into the plane of the paper on the printing-line, a

carriage adapted to support the vpaper and its feeding mechanism an' to move them re atively to the type-bearing mechanism and printing-hammers, paper-feeding mechanism, including means for automatically-feeding the paper adapted to be actuated by the printing mechanism, and means for feeding the paper adapted to be manually operated,

' such means being mounted upon and movvcompass that part of the and arranged re atively to each other that'the movement of neither is interfered with by the other.

- totals, both type adapted to be stationary dur- 11.y In a printing-machine the' combination of two sets of stationary type arranged in the body of the machine one set for printing ing the printing operation, diHerential means for bringing upon the printing-linefof one of the sets of type different characters upon the' devices ofsuch set, means vfor adding from.

such set to the total set, a set of hammers arranged upon thetop of the machine, means for operating the hammers arranged 'in the body of the 'machine and projecting into and through the plane of the paper on the rinting-line, a main carriagel upon whic the prmting-hammers are mounted movable so as to bring the printin -hammers into printing -alinement with eit er set of t e, a secondary carriage adapted to carry t e paper and mounted on the main carriage and movable thereon at right angles to the line of movement of said main carriage, a paper-rei ceptacle for storing in a small compass that part of the paper in the machine not on the printing-line mounted on the secondary carriage and movable therewith, whereby the characters on the printing-line of either set of type may be printed yon any part of the paper and whereby inte erence between the paper and the hammer-operating means will 12. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printmg-hammers projecting into the plane of the paper on .the printingline, a carriage adapted -for supporting and moving the 'the pnntingariimers,

Ilaper relative to the type and aper-ii'eeding means mounted on and movab e with the carriage,

riage adapte a paper-receptacle also mounted on and movable with said carriage for storing in a small compass that part of the paper in the machine not on the printing-line, whereby the pa er may be printed upon at any partv of its su ace and whereby interference between the paper and the said operated meansv will be prevented. I

13. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printing-hammers prolecting into, the plane of the paper on the printingline, a carriage ada ted or'supporting and ereby the paper may be part of its-surface and apler in the machine not on w etween the paper and:

mechanism, printing-hammers, means for o erating said hammers projecting into the p ane of the paper on the printing-line, a carto cai ry the pa er and to mpve it relatively to the type au printing-hammers, paper-feed means for automatically feedingthe paper on each printing operation,I

printing` means adapted tofbe manuall erated mounted `upon and movable Wit carriage, a paper-receptacle mounted upon and movable with thecarriage having curved interior walls adapted to wind up t at part of the paper in the machine not on the printing-line and curved rinting-arms encircling the curved. walls o the paper-receptacle,

whereby interference between the pa er and vthe operated means will be prevente 15. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for operating the printing-hammers projecting into the plane of the paper on a printing-line, a carriage adapted to carry the aper and move it relatively to the type an printinghammers, means -for .automatically feeding the printing-pa er at each printing operation, means for ceding the paper adapted tov be ymanually opxerated mounted upon and movable with t e carriage, apaper-receptacle for storing in a small compass that part of thevpaper in the machine `not upon the printing-line, whereby the paper may be moved to effect the printing at anyl point upon its surface and may be inserted and withdrawn at pleasure and whereby interference between the. pa er and the operated meanswill bepreve'nted).

v16. The combination of type-bearing mechanism, printing-hammers, means for o erating' the hammers'projecting into the p ane of the paper on the printing-line, a car-- IIO paper and whereby any interference between the paper and said operated means willV be prevented.

17. The combination in a printing-machine of a paper-feed roll adapted for use either with a loose sheet of lpaper or a permanent recording-strip, a rol adapted to hold such permanent recording-stri and a uiding-chute leading `from said rol towar the paper-roll, all so constructed and arranged that the recording-strip may -be left in posltion in the chute when the machine is used for printing upon a loose sheet of paper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY T. GOSS.

Witnesses:

JOHN O.-GE1\1PLER, EDWIN SEGER. 

